You read that right, Nancy scored a Dell computer for me, and it looks like it is in really good shape. However, they forgot to include the password. No problem, there are mystical magical incantations designed to bypass the password…except that they didn’t work for me. OK, then all I need is to reboot the whole shebang…except I need the product code, which they didn’t include either. And I don’t have a memory stick to download the program that will decipher the beggar, either.
Great. However, I have gone online here in Sierra Vista at the library, and I have found a few more fixes that may work…or they may crash and burn like the others. If worst comes to worst, my default solution is in place.
What is that, you ask? Why, very simply, I will let my friendly geek figure it all out!
My daughter forgot to bring the laptop with her, but I have my hands filled with the desktop computer right now. As for the laptop, I will try the sequence that worked on my computer, and pray, but if it doesn’t work, I will likewise hand it over to my friendly computer geek!
I am rather like a very smart monkey with a map when it comes to computers. I know just enough to get me into trouble with them, but I can get lost REALLY easily too! I also suffer from the pathetic fallacy, because I assign anthropomorphic feelings to inanimate objects…trust me, computers are alive, aware, and they know I am messing with them!
Anyway, I guess if I am going to see if this will work, I will need to run home and check it out. Keep your fingers crossed for me, OK?
January 27, 2012 at 3:08 pm |
Well darn it all. I hope you can get the thing jump-started!
January 26, 2012 at 8:39 pm |
Sorry it’s a pain, but it should be worth it once you get in… I guess nothing is totally free. heh.